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Mountains of the Mind
by Robert Macfarlane
How mountains went from feared to worshipped: a cultural history of the sublime, risk, glaciers and Mallory. Macfarlane's first book.
Read it if…
you want to know why we climb.
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Skip it if…
you want climbing narrative.
Try instead: Wanderlust: A History of Walking →
Three things you will actually use
- Fear became fascination.
- Imagination makes mountains.
- Risk is chosen.
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Read the Mallory chapter.
Our verdict
Why we climb.
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